ROSEMONT, Ill. — With 12 institutions, 280 national championships and 120 years of historic intercollegiate sports, the Big Ten Conference will continue its mission of “honoring legends and building leaders” in a new $20-million, 50,000-square-foot headquarters located in Rosemont, Ill. The new mixed-use HQ will feature a 3,500-square-foot interactive museum on the first floor entitled, “Big Ten Experience,” showcasing past and present legends, and is scheduled to open in early 2014. The building also includes a conference center on the second floor for more than 130 annual Big Ten academic and athletic meetings that educate tomorrow’s conference leaders. Also included … Read more

LISLE, Ill. — Designed to complement a new curriculum that offers real world experience, Universal Technical Institute’s new flagship campus in Lisle, Ill., will provide a true living laboratory for tomorrow’s automotive engineers. “They let the curriculum drive the building, not the building drive their curriculum,” said architect Erika Carey, partner, Partners by Design, Inc., Chicago. “We designed this building from the inside out. A lot of discussion early on helped shape the building while giving UTI the most efficient and flexible space to shape their facility.” Opening in November 2013, the $25-million state-of-the-art Midwest regional campus redeveloped an existing … Read more